diff --git a/lib/shared/reaction-utils.js b/lib/shared/reaction-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/reaction-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/reaction-utils.js
@@ -16,23 +16,6 @@
 import { type ThreadInfo } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
-function stringForReactionList(reactions: ReactionInfo): string {
-  const reactionText = [];
-
-  for (const reaction in reactions) {
-    const reactionInfo = reactions[reaction];
-
-    reactionText.push(reaction);
-    const { length: numberOfReacts } = reactionInfo.users;
-    if (numberOfReacts <= 1) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    reactionText.push(numberOfReacts > 9 ? '9+' : numberOfReacts.toString());
-  }
-
-  return reactionText.join(' ');
-}
-
 function useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions(
   reactions: ReactionInfo,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<string> {
@@ -120,7 +103,6 @@
 }
 
 export {
-  stringForReactionList,
   useViewerAlreadySelectedMessageReactions,
   useMessageReactionsList,
   useCanCreateReactionFromMessage,
diff --git a/lib/shared/reaction-utils.test.js b/lib/shared/reaction-utils.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/lib/shared/reaction-utils.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-// @flow
-
-import { stringForReactionList } from './reaction-utils.js';
-import type { ReactionInfo } from '../selectors/chat-selectors.js';
-
-describe('stringForReactionList(reactions: ReactionInfo)', () => {
-  it(
-    'should return (👍 3) for a message with three user likes' +
-      ' including the viewer',
-    () => {
-      const messageLikesUsers = [
-        { id: '83810', isViewer: true, username: 'ginsu' },
-        { id: '86622', isViewer: false, username: 'ashoat' },
-        { id: '83889', isViewer: false, username: 'atul' },
-      ];
-      const messageLikesInfo = {
-        users: messageLikesUsers,
-        viewerReacted: true,
-      };
-
-      const reactions: ReactionInfo = {
-        '👍': messageLikesInfo,
-      };
-
-      expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('👍 3');
-    },
-  );
-
-  it(
-    'should return (👍 3) for a message with three user likes' +
-      ' not including the viewer',
-    () => {
-      const messageLikesUsers = [
-        { id: '83810', isViewer: false, username: 'ginsu' },
-        { id: '86622', isViewer: false, username: 'ashoat' },
-        { id: '83889', isViewer: false, username: 'atul' },
-      ];
-      const messageLikesInfo = {
-        users: messageLikesUsers,
-        viewerReacted: false,
-      };
-
-      const reactions: ReactionInfo = {
-        '👍': messageLikesInfo,
-      };
-
-      expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('👍 3');
-    },
-  );
-
-  it(
-    'should return (👍) for a message with one user like' +
-      ' including the viewer',
-    () => {
-      const messageLikesUsers = [
-        { id: '83810', isViewer: false, username: 'ginsu' },
-      ];
-      const messageLikesInfo = {
-        users: messageLikesUsers,
-        viewerReacted: true,
-      };
-
-      const reactions: ReactionInfo = {
-        '👍': messageLikesInfo,
-      };
-
-      expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('👍');
-    },
-  );
-
-  it(
-    'should return (👍) for a message with one user like' +
-      ' not including the viewer',
-    () => {
-      const messageLikesUsers = [
-        { id: '83810', isViewer: false, username: 'ashoat' },
-      ];
-      const messageLikesInfo = {
-        users: messageLikesUsers,
-        viewerReacted: false,
-      };
-
-      const reactions: ReactionInfo = {
-        '👍': messageLikesInfo,
-      };
-
-      expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('👍');
-    },
-  );
-
-  it('should return an empty string for a message no reactions', () => {
-    const reactions: ReactionInfo = {};
-
-    expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('');
-  });
-
-  it(
-    'should return (👍 😆 3) for a message with one like not including' +
-      ' the viewer and three laugh reactions including the viewer',
-    () => {
-      const messageLikesUsers = [
-        { id: '83810', isViewer: false, username: 'varun' },
-      ];
-      const messageLikesInfo = {
-        users: messageLikesUsers,
-        viewerReacted: false,
-      };
-
-      const messageLaughsUsers = [
-        { id: '12345', isViewer: true, username: 'ginsu' },
-        { id: '67890', isViewer: false, username: 'ashoat' },
-        { id: '83889', isViewer: false, username: 'atul' },
-      ];
-      const messageLaughsInfo = {
-        users: messageLaughsUsers,
-        viewerReacted: true,
-      };
-
-      const reactions: ReactionInfo = {
-        '👍': messageLikesInfo,
-        '😆': messageLaughsInfo,
-      };
-
-      expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('👍 😆 3');
-    },
-  );
-
-  it(
-    'should return (👍 9+) for a message with 12 user likes' +
-      ' not including the viewer',
-    () => {
-      const messageLikesUsers = [
-        { id: '86622', isViewer: false, username: 'ginsu' },
-        { id: '12345', isViewer: false, username: 'ashoat' },
-        { id: '67890', isViewer: false, username: 'atul' },
-        { id: '83889', isViewer: false, username: 'varun' },
-        { id: '49203', isViewer: false, username: 'tomek' },
-        { id: '83029', isViewer: false, username: 'max' },
-        { id: '72902', isViewer: false, username: 'jon' },
-        { id: '49022', isViewer: false, username: 'mark' },
-        { id: '48902', isViewer: false, username: 'kamil' },
-        { id: '80922', isViewer: false, username: 'marcin' },
-        { id: '12890', isViewer: false, username: 'inka' },
-        { id: '67891', isViewer: false, username: 'przemek' },
-      ];
-      const messageLikesInfo = {
-        users: messageLikesUsers,
-        viewerReacted: false,
-      };
-
-      const reactions: ReactionInfo = {
-        '👍': messageLikesInfo,
-      };
-
-      expect(stringForReactionList(reactions)).toBe('👍 9+');
-    },
-  );
-});